Monday, July 7, 2014

Sesame Eggplant curry

If you have
not already, you will fall in love with eggplant after this dish! This is a
relatively easy dish to prepare, and very very very yummy! It is definite a
must try. This recipe was adapted from here.

Ingredients

1.Eggplant
– 2 big (or 4 medium), cubed

2.Onion
– 1 big, (sliced)

3.green
chillies – 2, chopped

4.Ginger-
Garlic- 1 tbspn, minced or paste

5.Tomatoes
– 5 medium, chopped small

6.Mustard
seeds, and cumin seeds – 1 tspn each

7.Sesame
seeds – 3 tbspn

8.Peanuts
– 2 tbspn

9.Kashmiri
chilli powder - 1-2 tspn , tumeric powder - 1 tspn

10.Oil - ½ cup and 1 tbspn

Method

1.Dry
roast the sesame seeds, and peanuts in a skillet. Remove from skillet, and grind when
cool.

2.Add
¼ cup oil to the skillet, and shallow fry the eggplant pieces. You will notice
the skin changes colors, that’s when you know it is done. Fry them in batches
and add oil as required. Scoop it out, and keep it aside.

3.In
the same skillet (add around 1 tbspn oi if needed), add mustard,and cumin
seeds. Once it splutters, add the onion slices, green chillies, and
ginger-garlic and mix it all together.